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Description: "(Master Pic Atherton)": 1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead June 4-17,1956.": Not entirely in sequence. [entries: "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor...; Ballard Atherton; Bill Beer; Hugh Cutler; Josh Eisaman; Otis Marston; Frank Masland; Art Green's Motel?; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Lees Ferry; Garth Marston; Willie Taylor; Joe Desloge?; Badger Creek Rapid; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Redwell Cave; President Harding Rapid; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; swimming rapids; Phantom Ranch; Granite Falls Rapid; Hermit Rapid; aerial cable car; Elve's Chasm; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Lake Mead; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R111
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: While the principal focus is the history of river-running, the collection also touches, often in depth and with original materials, on the geology of the entire region, the history of mining, water issues, hydroelectric power development, recreational use and policy issues, the history of transportation, the ecology of various riverine ecosystems, exploration, the film industry and promotion of the West, and indigenous cultures.
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Otis R. Marston, with numerous smaller additions from G. Marston and many others, November 7, 1979, with additions 1950-1992.
Restrictions: Reels 140, 152-154, and 159 are not available on VHS.; Transparencies and negatives can be accessed only through existing prints in other sections of the collection or through Photo CD copies.
Rights: open for reading only. May not be copied or quoted.; Formal permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts Dept., Henry E. Huntington Library, for the reproduction, quotation, exhibition, or any other public or commercial use of any material in the collection. In addition, when the copyright, film rights, or literary rights are held by a third party, permission must also be sought from that party.
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"Motorboats down G.C. June 4-17, 1956":1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminium Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead, June 4-17,1956." Occasional differences from reel 111. [entries:"Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor..."; Al Green's Motel?; Vermilion Cliffs; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Badger Creek Rapid; Lees Ferry; Bill Beer; Garth Marston; Otis Marston; Willie Taylor; 1956 expedition; motorboats; Frank Masland; Joe Desloge; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cave; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; Phantom Ranch; Bright Angel Bridge; Granite Falls Rapid; (Bass Cable?); Elves Chasm; J. Ballard Atherton?; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Separation Rapid; "Cactus"; Lake Mead; Travertine Falls; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap; Temple Bar?]
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"Cuts from C56 (Trim from Dock's Copy - G. C. 1956)": 1956. Scenes from the June 1956 run in outboard motorboats down through the Grand Canyon: river and canyon scenes - map of Grand Canyon - rapids - motorboats ashore - Deer Creek Falls - Supai - climbing cliffs - side canyons - running rapids - various people - camp - wrecked motor - in boat running Rapid - travertine fall - Lake Mead - Navajo Bridge - bathing - driving boat. [entries: 1956 Grand Canyon expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Deer Creek Falls; Supai; rapidrunning; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Lees Ferry; Bill Beer; Dock Marston; Inner Granite Gorge; Frank Masland; Atherton?; Joseph Desloge; Little Colorado River at mouth]
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"1956 (Probably 1956 - trim[?] Dock's)":1956. Scenes from the June, 1956, outboard motor down run through the Grand Canyon: wave patterns - rapids - running rapids - upset - outboard motorboats and people - canyon and river scenes - man floating - wrecked motor - running up rapids - camp scenes - repairing boat - on Lake Mead - Deer Creek Fall. [entries: 1956 expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; rapidrunning; boat repairs; Lake Mead; Deer Creek Falls; accidents (boat); Garth Marston; Frank Masland; Marble Canyon; swimming rapids; Bill Beer; (J. Ballard Atherton?); (Hugh Cutler?); "Cactus"; boat repairs; "Rattlesnake"; Joseph Desloge; Deer Creek or Elves?]
R113
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"Colorado River Trip, June 1957, Ballard Atherton": 1957. Trip by three outboard motorboats from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead, June 1957. [entries: "Boating Through the Grand Canyon"; Grand Canyon; Lees Ferry; Otis Marston; Willie Taylor, plaque; accidents; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Little Colorado, mouth; Deer Creek Falls?; Lake Mead; "Cactus"; "Rattlesnake"; "Bootoo"; motorboats; Travertine Falls]
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"Cuts from C56 (Cuts from 1956 film)": 1956. Running rapids in motorboats - mud billows in water - aboard boat - Dock Marston and rest of crew - "Reminiscing at Separation Rapid" - boats on Lake Mead - Bright Angel - camp - damaged outboard motor. These are scenes from June 1956 outboard motor run down through the Grand Canyon. [entries: 1956 expedition; rapidrunning; motorboats; Dock Marston; Lake Mead; Bright Angel; Tapeats or Supai?; Frank Masland; Bill Beer; J. Ballard Atherton?; Separation Rapid; "Cactus"; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Inner Granite Gorge]
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"B & W - Aluminum Ads 1951": 1951 and 1956? Scenes in Las Vegas, on desert, and at Lake Mead (1956?). Grand Canyon views - aerial views - launching of the motorboat "Sweet Chariot" at Lees Ferry, 1951 - trip in 1951 through Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon of several motorboats, including the "Sweet Chariot," "June Bug," and a Chris Craft inboard - "Shooting the Rapids with Aluminum" titles. [Beer and Daggett swimming rapid? Check it] [entries: Las Vegas; Riviera Hotel; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; motorboats; aerial views; "Sweet Chariot"; Lees Ferry; Marble Canyon: "June Bug"; swimming rapids; Deer Creek Falls; Tapeats?; Smith Craft; boats, aluminum]
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